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Earn Your Degree in Early Childhood Education!TEACH Early Childhood® Nebraska provides scholarships to help early care and education professionals complete coursework at a local college and work toward a degree in Early Childhood Education. Scholarships are available for Associates Degrees, Bachelor's Degrees and the newly added CDA.
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Colleges & UniversitiesStudents working toward an Associates Degree or CDA can attend any of the community colleges in Nebraska. Students working toward their Bachelor's Degree can attend the universities that have the Early Childhood Inclusive Birth - Grade 3 Degree and are actively working on articulation agreements with the community colleges.
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Erin Pietryga graduated at the end of the spring 2024 term with her Bachelor Degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She earned her associates degree from Iowa Western Community College in 2019 and began working at Educare of Omaha, where she first heard about the TEACH program. She was first awarded a Bachelor Degree Gap scholarship in the fall 2021 term. She then transitioned into a Bachelor Degree scholarship in the fall 2022 term. Erin completed 88.5 credits and completed her coursework while working full time as an assistant teacher for an early head start program in Omaha.
In Erin's own words: “I wanted to go back to school but knew it cost too much and I wasn’t sure if it would be too hard for me due to my dyslexia learning disability. However, I decided to pursue my bachelor degree with the help of the TEACH program. The TEACH program gave me a great opportunity to help me finish my dreams of getting my bachelor degree and it helped push my confidence even more. I felt a calling from God to go after my dreams and follow my path. I started the TEACH program in 2021 while working full time at Educare of Omaha, my sponsoring program. TEACH helped make things easier for me by having time to go to school, while working full time, and also by helping pay for the cost of school. I never gave up with school and I knew that this was the plan God wanted me to go for. I graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in spring 2024 with a degree in early childhood inclusive. TEACH helped me to follow my dreams and to become the lead teacher at Educare of Omaha in spring of 2024. I have been working at Educare of Omaha for five years. I couldn’t have done it without the TEACH program. Also, some days were challenging and some days were easier, but TEACH helped me grow more into a stronger woman and it gave me the opportunity to help kids grow and learn more every day. I love kids and I’m happy I got my bachelor degree. I’m glad that I joined the TEACH program and I feel that it was definitely a calling from God that I needed to go after. I encourage others to go follow your dreams, and don’t give up. Anything is possible if you believe in yourself!” |
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Funding for the TEACH Early Childhood® Nebraska project is provided from the Child Care Development Fund through the Nebraska Department of Education and the Health and Human Services System, private foundations and individual donations.
TEACH Early Childhood® Nebraska is a licensed program of Early Years.
The TEACH Early Childhood® Nebraska scholarship and all terms that apply are contingent on funding.
TEACH Early Childhood® Nebraska is a licensed program of Early Years.
The TEACH Early Childhood® Nebraska scholarship and all terms that apply are contingent on funding.
Strengthening and Supporting Nebraska's Early Childhood Community since 1976.
